Podcast Episodes

Bonus Sample: 1950’s Alien Yoga

Full episode available here.

The alien from Venus in George King’s head said: “Prepare yourself. You are to be the voice of interplanetary parliament.…

1 year, 1 month ago

Brief: Patients Before Profits

On Jan 10, the Oregon Nurses Association launched the largest healthcare strike in Oregon state history. Some 5k frontline caregivers from 8 Providen…

1 year, 1 month ago

241: Unravelling The Telepathy Tapes

One of the top podcasts in the world—even beating out Rogan for a few hours—is popularizing a well-meaning intervention for non-speaking autistic peo…

1 year, 1 month ago

Relief Project #7: Sam Adler-Bell

The seventh installment of Matthew’s Five Big Questions Posed to an Extremely Thoughtful Person. 

Sam Adler-Bell is a journalist, political theorist, …

1 year, 1 month ago

Bonus Sample: Calling Out Bullsh*t

Twitter Files journalist Alex Berenson recently published two articles claiming that Moderna covered up a child's death from a Moderna Covid booster …

1 year, 1 month ago

Brief: Tech-Bro Mormonism (w/Blair Hodges)

We know Bryan Johnson gobbles 100 pills a day. He pumps his son’s plasma through his veins. He does light therapy on his junk and wants to live forev…

1 year, 1 month ago

240: Bryan Johnson’s Impossible Blueprint

In January, 2023, Bloomberg published an article about how tech entrepreneur turned longevity stan, Bryan Johnson, spends $2 million a year in an att…

1 year, 2 months ago

Clarity Lab: Fighting Cancer Misinformation

A one-time drop of Derek's new podcast, Clarity Lab, the official podcast of Siris Health, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit building a free educational platform…

1 year, 2 months ago

Bonus Sample: Kelly Brogan’s Divine Dungeon: Pt 1 (feat/Esme Providence Brown)

Matthew sits down with sex-work veteran and social justice advocate Esme Providence Brown for the first of two chinwags about our famous New Age / we…

1 year, 2 months ago

Brief: Vinay Prasad’s Pick-me Campaign

UCSF epidemiology and biostatistics professor Vinay Prasad's star rose when he compared the US response to Covid-19 to the beginnings of the Third Re…

1 year, 2 months ago